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MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 7E No coverage for driver who caused accident

MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 7E

No coverage for driver who caused accident

7E No coverage for driver who caused accident

(1) There is no entitlement to recover damages under this Division in respect of the death of or injury to the driver of a motor vehicle if the motor accident concerned was caused by an act or omission of that driver.
(2) The death of or injury to the driver is taken to have been caused by an act or omission of the driver for the purposes of subsection (1) even if--
(a) the act or omission does not constitute fault by the driver in the use or operation of the vehicle, or
(b) the act or omission was involuntary, or
(c) the act or omission was not the sole or primary cause of the death or injury, or
(d) the act or omission would have caused the death or injury but for the occurrence of a supervening act or omission of another person or some other supervening event.